Category: Tattered Angels

Stacked Letter

There is a fun trend happening in the arts and craft swap — stacked letters! The name is a bit deceiving in that it really us stacked envelopes, but it still is a wonderful thing to create and receive. The stacked letter I created and received were uploaded on YouTube and had several request on how to make them.

Videos

Instructions

Create at least a dozen envelops and stuff with cardboard. You want it to be about 6 inches tall! I decorated mine with glimmer mists, but anything you want to add to them is great!

I used regular envelopes to add more height!

The staked letters need to have “feet”. I glued some buttons together to create them.

To assemble the stack simply pile the envelopes on top of each other. Add in scraps of cardboard for height.

Once the envelopes are stacked decorate the top!

I wish that I could give you a list of supplies. This was originally suppose to be on the Canvas Corp Brands blog. Sadly, the company has been dissolved. I do think the tutorial is relevant in that you can use pretty much any paper line to create it.

Until next time ~ Happy Crafting!

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Soar and Dream Big!

The following are two layouts I created for the Canvas Corp website featuring Tattered Angels and 7gypsies. It is so wonderful to combine my work assignments with my passion — scrap booking!

Dream Big

We headed up north to catch my oldest play basketball and made a stop at the lake. This picture of the lake and sunset is gorgeous! The layout needed to add to it. I used a few different sheets of papers that I painted as the base and finished them off with Architexture stickers.

Soar

We found the wings painted on the wall of a local mall. Unfortunately when I took the picture it ended up being tiny. So, I decided to play on it and really build up a pair of wings on the layout!

Additional Material

Here is a list of other material I used in addition to Tattered Angels and 7 gypsies.

Until nex time ~ Happy Crafting!

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Little Angel Door Decor

I recently made some paper clay pieces from molds. They have been pretty much just sitting in my stash and getting no love. I decided to create a mixed media piece with one of my favorite pieces.

Video Tutorial

Here is how to make the clay pieces:

Just because Christmas is over does not mean the time to create ornaments is over. Make a door hanger instead! Door hangers are versatile and can be used anywhere in a house. They are perfect with a little stamped “Do not disturbed” image for craft rooms or bedrooms.  The Mini Origins Wings are the perfect backdrop for a sweet little Tattered Angel Door Hanger. The wings are printed on a high quality super absorbent paper that works beautiful with paints and mists. For this project I used Glimmer Mist on them, but you could use paint too!

Materials

In addition to the wings, you will need your favorite Glimmer Mist, Color Wash and High Impact paint. I choose a blue color scheme for my sweet little angel. I also pulled from my stash a paper clay piece I had created from a mold, Lisa Kettell clay piece, lace and sequins.

Directions

First, color your lace piece by dipping it in the Color Wash. Lay it flat to dry as you work on the rest of the angel. It is important to do this first as to allow time to dry.

Paint the body of the angel with High Impact Paint.

Mist two of your favorite wing sets with different colors. The two wing sets will sandwich the ribbon and lace to give it a clean finish and stability.

Distress the wings by cutting them out and inking the edges.

Using your favorite adhesive assemble your angel. I first adhered the sequins and lace to the larger set of wings and placed the smaller pair on top.

Think outside of the box when creating your angel. You don’t have to use a traditional body or head. Think about a paintbrush, old pencils, or a clothes pin for the torso and neck of your angel. The head can be created with a marble, ping pong ball or anything that is a small ball. The more out of the box the items you use to create the angel the more unique the hanger!

Until next time ~ Happy Crafting!

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